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Security in God's Sight
Commentators like Charles Spurgeon highlight a profound comfort: our security rests on God seeing the rainbow, not on us. Even when our faith is weak and we can't perceive His promise, His eye never fails. He looks upon the bow to 'remember' His covenant, guaranteeing our safety through His unwavering faithfulness, not our fluctuating feelings.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 9:8–17
18th Century
Theologian
- קשׁת qeshet — “bow; related: be bent.”
- ענן ‛ānan — “cover, cast over; noun: cloud.”
Charles Spurgeon
On Genesis 9:11–17
19th Century
Preacher
And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more b…
John Gill
On Genesis 9:16
17th Century
Pastor
And the bow shall be in the cloud Not whenever there is a cloud, but at some certain times, when that and the sun are in …
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Matthew Henry
On Genesis 9:8–17
17th Century
Minister
Just as the old world was ruined, to be a monument of justice, so this world remains to this day a monument of mercy. But sin, which drowned the ol…